Barnhart is accused of fatally shooting 36-year-old Frank Tulock in the back multiple times after Tulock apparently tried to intervene during a domestic dispute in his Weirton neighborhood in the early hours of Sept. 8.

Court records reveal that Barnhart got into a domestic dispute with another person inside his home and Tulock went to the residence in his neighborhood to investigate the problem. He heard Barnhart “yelling racial slurs” during the dispute, investigators said, and Tulock responded by stating he has biracial children and didn’t like the comments.

That’s when Weirton police said Barnhart went into his Hudson Avenue home and grabbed a .45-caliber handgun before shooting at Tulock eight times as Tulock walked back to his residence nearby. Tulock was hit several times but was able to make it back to his Orchard Street home, where he collapsed and died at the rear of the residence. The shooting occurred on his son’s 4th birthday.

Weirton police arrested Barnhart after officers found him hiding in bushes and weeds.